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Steven Edward Hyman is Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] He is also Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. Hyman was Provost of Harvard University from 2001 to 2011 and before that Director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 1996 to 2001.[2] Hyman received the 2016 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health from the National Academy of Medicine for "leadership in furthering understanding and treatment of psychiatric disorders as biological diseases".[3]

Early life

Hyman grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and graduated in 1970 from Teaneck High School. There he captained the wrestling team and was described by his fellow graduates as the "class intellect".[4]

Hyman received his B.A. from Yale College; an M.A. from the University of Cambridge, which he attended as a Mellon fellow studying the history and philosophy of science; and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.[2] [5] After an internship in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH, 1980–1981), a residency in psychiatry at McLean Hospital (1981–1984), and a clinical and research fellowship in neurology at MGH (1983–1984), Hyman became a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard in molecular biology (1984–1989).[6]

Career

In 1989 Hyman was appointed an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard. In 1993 he became an associate professor.[7] He was also director of research in the department of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1992 to 1996 and served as the inaugural faculty director of Harvard’s Interfaculty Initiative in Mind/Brain/Behavior from 1994 to 1996.[8]

Hyman left Harvard to become the director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 1996 to 2001. Part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a group of agencies that fund and perform biomedical research, NIMH supports neuroscience and the knowledge needed to understand, diagnose, and treat brain disorders.[9]

Hyman returned to Harvard University as Provost from December 2001[9] [10] to June 2011.[11] As Provost, he was instrumental in the development of a number of interdisciplinary initiatives both within and between institutions. [12] In 2009 he initiated an extensive process of reform of the Harvard libraries,[13] and he paved the way for the creation of an open access mandate at Harvard.[14] He was also involved in the development of Conflict of Interest guidelines to be applied across the entire institution.[15]

Having stepped down as Provost, Hyman returned to research as the Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology in July 2011.[11] As of February 15, 2012, he succeeded Edward Scolnick as director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard’s Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research.[16]

In 2000 Hyman became a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which became the National Academy of Medicine as of 2015. He has served on its Board of Health Science Policy, spent two terms on its Governing Council (2012-2018), and represented the Governing Council as member to the Governing Board of the National Research Council (2016-2019). From 2012-2018 Hyman chaired the US National Academies' Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders.[2]

Hyman is a Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology[17] a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004),[18] a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011),[19] and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.[20] [21]

From 2003–2017 Hyman was the editor of the Annual Review of Neuroscience.[22] [23] He is a founding member of the International Neuroethics Society, serving as its first President (2008–2014),[24] Hyman also served as president of the Society for Neuroscience (2014–2015)[25] and president of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2018).[26]

Research

Hyman's research addresses the intersections between molecular biology, neuroscience, genetics, and psychiatry. Through his own research, as well as in his leadership positions at various institutions, he has emphasized the importance of fundamental research connecting genetics, the brain and behavior; of translating basic research into research and treatments for mental disorders; of carrying out extensive and carefully constructed clinical trials that engage with broad and diverse populations; and of studying disorders in childhood.[8]

New information about the genetics, biology, and neuroscience underlying mental disorders is leading to a rethinking of the classification systems for mental disorders. There is increasing recognition that many mental disorders are quantitative deviations from health rather than categorically different from each other. Hyman works to reassess psychiatric classifications of mental disorders, and has helped to draft editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the International Classification of Diseases, Mental and Behavioral Disorders.[27] [28] [29]

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Notes and References

  1. Reardon S . Gene-hunt gain for mental health . . 511 . 7510 . 393 . 2014 . 25056042 . 10.1038/511393a . 2014Natur.511..393R. 205081758 . free .
  2. Web site: Steven Hyman . HSCRB . 17 August 2022.
  3. News: Cappelucci . Kyra E. . Steven Hyman and Robin Murray Receive National Academy of Medicine's Sarnat Award for Their Outstanding Achievements in Improving Mental Health . 17 August 2022 . National Academy of Medicine . 17 October 2016.
  4. Lisberg, Adam. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/499519815/ "Teaneck product is named No. 2 leader at Harvard; As provost, he will be principal planning officer"
  5. Web site: Scientific Leadership: Steven E. Hyman. The Broad Institute. 21 May 2013.
  6. Web site: Hyman, Steven E(dward) . Writers Directory via Encyclopedia.com . 17 August 2022. 2005.
  7. News: Gellis . David H. . Shoichet . Catherine E. . Summers Selects Provost News The Harvard Crimson . 18 August 2022 . www.thecrimson.com . October 27, 2001.
  8. News: Wrinn . Joe . Steven Hyman named Harvard provost . 18 August 2022 . Harvard Gazette . 25 October 2001.
  9. News: McNulty . Jim . NIMH Director Steven Hyman to return to Harvard; NAMI praises his leadership as "A hard act to follow . 18 August 2022 . NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) . Oct 29, 2001.
  10. News: Potier . Beth . Hyman back at Harvard . 18 August 2022 . Harvard Gazette . 13 December 2001.
  11. News: Back to the Lab Bench . 18 August 2022 . Harvard Magazine . 22 February 2011 . en.
  12. News: Groll . Elias J. . Weinberg . Zoe A. Y. . White . William N. . Harvard Provost Steven Hyman To Step Down News The Harvard Crimson . 18 August 2022 . The Harvard Crimson . December 15, 2010.
  13. News: University Libraries' report issued . 18 August 2022 . Harvard Gazette . 12 November 2009.
  14. Web site: Open Access Policies . Harvard OSC . 18 August 2022.
  15. News: Colen . B. D. . Conflict of interest policy adopted . 17 August 2022 . Harvard Gazette . 21 July 2010.
  16. News: Steven Hyman to lead the Broad Institute's Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research . 18 August 2022 . Broad Institute . 15 February 2012 . en.
  17. Book: Neuroscience biomarkers and biosignatures : converging technologies, emerging partnerships : workshop summary . 2008 . National Academies Press . Washington, D.C. . 978-0-309-10889-8 . 101 . 18 August 2022 . en.
  18. Web site: Steven E. Hyman . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . 18 August 2022 . en.
  19. Web site: AAAS Members Elected as Fellows . American Association for the Advancement of Science . 18 August 2022 . en.
  20. News: Slightham . Whitney . Harvard leader, former NIMH director, to discuss 'genetics of mind' at public lecture in Roanoke . 18 August 2022 . Virginia Tech . 20 May 2019 . en.
  21. Web site: UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.) . Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. . 2020 . 18 August 2022.
  22. Annual Review of Neuroscience. Volume 26: 2003. Edited by Steven E Hyman, Thomas M Jessell, Carla J Shatz, and, Charles F Stevens. Palo Alto (California): Annual Reviews. $70.00. xii + 762 p + 27 pl; ill.; subject index and cumulative indexes (contributing authors and chapter titles, Volumes 17–26). 0–8243–2426–9. 2003. . The Quarterly Review of Biology . 2004 . 79 . 2 . 224 . 10.1086/423107 . 29 July 2021.
  23. Web site: EDITOR OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF NEUROSCIENCE - VOLUME 40, 2017 . Annual Reviews . 29 July 2021.
  24. Web site: Leadership . International Neuroethics Society . 18 August 2022.
  25. News: Steve Hyman assumes Presidency of Society for Neuroscience . 18 August 2022 . Center for Law, Brain & Behavior . 24 November 2014.
  26. ACNP President's Letter . ACNP Bulletin . 2018 . 24 . 2 . 18 August 2022.
  27. Marshall . Michael . The hidden links between mental disorders . Nature . 5 May 2020 . 581 . 7806 . 19–21 . 10.1038/d41586-020-00922-8 . 32372044 . 2020Natur.581...19M . 218494768 . en. free .
  28. International Advisory Group for the Revision of ICD-10 Mental and Behavioural Disorders . A conceptual framework for the revision of the ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders . World Psychiatry . June 2011 . 10 . 2 . 86–92 . 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2011.tb00022.x . 21633677 . 3104876 .
  29. Hyman. Steven E.. 2011-04-26. Diagnosing the DSM: Diagnostic Classification Needs Fundamental Reform. Cerebrum: The Dana Forum on Brain Science. 2011. 6. 1524-6205. 3574782. 23447775.

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